Università Roma Tre

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and tools critical to understanding the changes taking place in models and forms of participation in the modern public arena, generated by the ever closer interaction between political system and its actors, on the one hand, and media and communication system, on the other.
The first part of the course is devoted to the changes taking place within the public and political scene and the most important theoretical contributions. In the second part will be considered the main areas of transformation of political communication in relation to the recent history of Italy. In the third part will analyze the role played by television and social media in the popularization of politics.
The course includes the viewing and analysis of audiovisual materials propaganda such television programs, documentaries, commercials, posters. A good knowledge of the Italian contemporary history is preparatory to the course content.

Examination program: Edoardo Novelli, La turbopolitica, Bur Rizzoli, Milano 2005; Giampietro Mazzoleni, La comunicazione Politica, Bologna, Il Mulino 3 edizione 2012, capitoli 2, 3, 6, 7,8,9. One book choosen among these: Christian Salmon, La politica nell'era dello storytelling, Roma, Fazi Editore 2014. Sara Bentivegna, A colpi di Tweet Bologna, Il Mulino 2015. Carlo Freccero, Televisione, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2013. Marco Revelli, Finale di partito, Torino, Einaudi 2013.